LETTERS FROM LITTLE FOLKS.
Dkar Dot, — I live at Warrington, but lam at present stayiDg at Dunedin with my grandma, and I am enjoying myself very much. I have oulv ope pet to tell you about, and that is a tui. It is very tame, and whistles beautifully. Its name is Jim. Aunt Mary has a pretty little dog, whose name is Daudy. She has also two starlings ; please, Do*, will you give her Dames for them. Aunt Maggie has twp crocodile lizards. They are very strange animals. I will tell you of my home at Warringfcon when I write again, if this is fit for publication. — Yours truly, Lizzie; Perry (aged 12 years). Dunedin, February 6.
[How would Jet and Gjp do for the starlings ? Although not quite jet black, they certainly have a gypsy hue. — Dot.]
Dear Dot, — I go to school, and lam in the First Standard. My teacher is Miss Tracey. I have a doll ; will you please give me a name for it. — Youra truly, Alma Cox (aged 7). Gore, February 5. [As Wednesday is Valentine's Day, I think you might call the doll Valentine. — Dot.]
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Otago Witness, Issue 2086, 15 February 1894, Page 45
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191LETTERS FROM LITTLE FOLKS. Otago Witness, Issue 2086, 15 February 1894, Page 45
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